Responding to unease among Oregon lawmakers over the $10 billion* price tag of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project, planners have proposed spending an initial $2.45 billion to build a replacement bridge and light rail, and postpone other highway improvements until more funding is secured. The announcement came during ...

If concerns expressed over the Columbia River Crossing by a key Oregon legislative committee are any indication, the $10 billion* project could be a hard sell with lawmakers in Salem. That’s important to Clark County residents because the Oregon Legislature is expected to pick up $450 million of the project’s ...